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Ashes


School year: Year 6, Year 7, Year 8

No. of pages 320

Published: 2011

Great for age 5-18 years

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Berlin, 1932. 13-year-old Gabriella Schramm's world is slowly but steadily crumbling as Adolf Hitler rises to power. The only thing that soothes Gabriella is her favourite pastime - reading. But then her country's tensions rise, the streets fill with soldiers, Gaby's sister's boyfriend raises his arm in a Heil Hitler salute and a family friend - Albert Einstein - flees the country. What's more, her only solace, her books, come under attack. Will Gaby have to leave behind the stories - and the life - that she has always loved?

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.

There are 320 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2011 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis. She has two grown up children and now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her photographer husband Chris Knight.

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Georgia Children's Book Award
The Georgia Childrens Book Award is a distinguished annual award that recognizes outstanding childrens literature and aims to promote a love of reading among young readers in Georgia. Established in 1985, the award is sponsored by the Georgia Association of Educators and is designed to encourage children to engage with quality literature. Each year, a committee selects a list of nominated books then students in grades K-5 vote for their favourite titles from that nominated list.